Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

OK no one seems to be talking and it probably took steve a while to set it back up. so i am gonna start a thread and its gonna be the best thread ever....

what was the best event you ever went to ever???

mine was probably washburn last year, the div 1/2. that was awesome.... cant go this year am on holiday... disappointment.....

Linton Locks many, many years ago.

Blazing hot weather, wonderful course, relaxed organiser, good paddling, good company and general fun.

Only drawback was if you capsized you had to roll VERY quickly, it was such fun swimming the course, that loads of people jumped in to 'help' you seconds after your head disappeared. :p

Also the site of the weirdest appeal I ever heard:
C1 paddler capsizes in stopper, loses paddle & hand rolls up!!
A replacement paddle was thrown to him and he continued the course.
He was then disqualified for outside assistance, but appealed as he had not asked for it and was going to hand paddle after his own blade. . . .
Anyone else remember 'Nard the Hard'?

ok i've been thinking bout my best event ever, i cant really think of one event really, washburn is wkd cos its always mega hot and i usually do well there as well i would have to say though that the very best event of every year has got to be the cardinton interclubs cos thats always mega hot as well and everyone has such a good time and nobody stresses out about bad runs etc

YAY!! linton locks sounds cool why'd they stop events there?

I think the interclubs are awesome too. you gotta love it cos you can go swimming round the back and then all the randoms from your club who dont do slalom are there so you can laugh at them... pity bout the water tho....

yeah its a bit like paddling in soup lol and the sprint at the end kills especially wen like me u have 2 do C1 and ur not used 2 it!

he he he

true true the interclubs is cool but cardinton isnt... i think they should put it at nottsy on half flow that'd be more fun.... and then stafford and stone would win even more....

yay good idea! but how do u do the half flow bit???

i think they can do it, cos at this open day thing they had it like that.
I was like 10 and it was so funny cos i kept swimming ha ha ha that was a classic day........not a slalom tho....

i reckon after some more sugestions we could have a poll.....

always wanted to make one of those...

More of a non-event really. Cairnton near Banchory many moons ago. Constant rain Friday and Saturday. Awoke on Sunday to find the river had risen about 8 ft, washed away all the gates so did one of the best river trips I have ever been on.

Also my first ever slalom in Div 2 at Grandtully. Managed to persuade my dad to put a bet on that he couldn't lose - if I got promoted he would buy me a boat, if I was to just miss out on promotion he would buy me paddles. As this was my first in Div 2 he thought his money was safe. Practised all weekend, paddled as well as I could, and missed promotion by 1 second!! Surprisingly, he has never bet anything like this since.

Cardington is always a laugh, shame that there wasnt even enough water to put a propper paddle stroke in at the top though! Mile end mill is cool when me an sarz do c2 but i think thats probably more entertaining for the people on the bank though!!

hehe yeah, i'm sure we didn't scream THAT loud.....

...... no your right the screaming wasnt too bad, it was the arguing that made em laugh!!!! hee hee

lol

I dint go there.... i seem to always miss the best events..... oh well....

awwww dats cos u live ages away from most places, u shud live more central like me :p